On 11/06/2015, Nick T. <n...@ncktsp.com> wrote: > Edit /etc/default/grub as root and append nomodeset to > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT save exit and run update-grub as root. > > - Nick > > On 06/10/2015 10:55 PM, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 11/06/2015, Nick T. <n...@ncktsp.com> wrote: >>> Try adding nomodeset to the boot command if its not already there, I had >>> to add that to make the driver work. >>> >> >> This will probably make me seem even more stupid than I probably >> already appear, but, how do I do that? >> >> Thank you in anticipation. >>
After appending, the file is thus; " :~# cat /etc/default/grub # If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" nomodeset GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" # Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs # This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains # the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...) #GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef" # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) #GRUB_TERMINAL=console # The resolution used on graphical terminal # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE # you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo' #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true # Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_RECOVERY="true" # Uncomment to get a beep at grub start #GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1" " And, in running thence, update-grub, I get this; " :~# update-grub /etc/default/grub: 7: nomodeset: not found " Sould I have entered the string nomodeset, differently? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8PXJ3NYmxee8jpaOW1-56a=Fwwe=ddlcuurwuudzoy...@mail.gmail.com
